Coffee Companion (9/27): your daily Ravens fix

Pictures of the Ravens game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 17.

Matt VenselThe Baltimore Sun

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday. That way he’ll have an excuse to do the same to start his workday, too.

I wrote a story for Thursday’s newspaper on how the Browns are following a similar blueprint as the Ravens by becoming the first team since the Ravens in 2008 to start a rookie quarterback and rookie running back in Week 1. It worked out well for the Ravens.